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Group photo! From left to right: gRaFFiX (me) – Cardo – Nancy (holding Susie Q) – E.A.Y. (Liz) – Meld – OneThing – Amity – and dblhmmck. Late on Saturday afternoon, we had all finally arrived and were able to pose for a couple photos. OneThing’s friendly dog Bailey lays still enough for just one close up.

Meld delights us all by firing up his Backcountry Boiler. Wood burning never sounded as good as hearing this blast furnace roaring.

Once the sun dipped low everyone changed into warmer clothes and enjoyed some of Liz’s delicious Mulled Wine. Dblhmmck and his girlfriend Amity also brought some much appreciated Port.

OneThing sits by the fire, listening to everyone share stories, and dblhmmck and Amity shared their snacks with a hungry group.

Cardo and Nancy brought teriyaki chicken and some baked potatoes, and E.A.Y (Liz) brought some homemade pasties filled with meat. There was so much food I never had to open the dehydrated food I brought for dinner. I dropped the ball on the Pot-Luck idea but intend to pay everyone back at the next group hang. Dblhmmck entertained us all with an ironic bear story, and we all went around the fire sharing our most exciting hammock experiences.

I missed the stove showdown on Saturday because I arrived too late, but the next morning we all whipped them out and made our various breakfasts and teas. Here is Meld’s stove, though I’m not sure of the design, and E.A.Y.’s Ezbit stove with a caldera cone.

Everyone was all smiles at the start of a beautiful spring morning in Northern California while we cooked our breakfast.

I took a short walk down a trail near our camp and saw a very well managed forest. The manzanita all looked as if someone had trimmed them that morning, and the oaks stood quite majestic.

A few hours later, dblhmmck and Amity brought out some delicious chicken and cheese tamales, and some fresh avocado. Amity enjoyed the hell out of hers, and Victor took a momentary pause after a very spicy tamale.

Here’s a close up of those delicious tamales, and Nancy’s little dog, Susie Q. She was very well behaved, and never once begged for any food.

Cardo shows Meld his obsession, I mean affinity for all things related to alcohol stoves.

Compared to last year’s group hang, of which only E.A.Y. and I attended, this was a very successful hang, and the location couldn’t have been better suited for it. I can’t wait to come back here and I hope all of you, and more, will join me again in October for another get-together. It was very nice to meet you all and I hope the feeling was mutual. I’ll leave you with a couple shots of the green grass, rolling, cracked hills, and large oak trees I passed on my drive home.